YAHOO


Meaning of YAHOO in English

~ 1 [ 'jα:hu: , jə'hu: ]

■ noun informal a rude, coarse, or brutish person.

Origin

C18: from the name of an imaginary race in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).

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~ 2 [ jα:'hu: , ja- ]

■ exclamation expressing great joy or excitement.

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